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A. s. BISHOP & P. DOWN.

- OASK STAND, No. 343,267. Patented June 8, 1886.

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A. BISHOP & F. DOWN GASK STAND.

No. 343,267. Patented June 8, 1886.

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NITED STATES PATENT Fries.

ALFRED SAMUEL BISHOP AND FREDERICK DOWN, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNORS, BY DIRECT AND MESN E ASSIGNMENTS, TO WILLIAM COOPER SPURR, OF SAME PLACE.

CASK-STAND.

PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 343,267, dated June 8, 1886. Application filed January 528, 1886. Serial No. 190,012. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALFRED SAMUEL BISHOP and FREDERICK DowN, subjects of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at London, England, have invented a new and useful Improved Cask-Stand, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to produce a simple and cheap cask-stand of a few pieces IO of cast metal, which can be readily fitted together for use, and equally readily taken apart for convenience of storage or packing.

In order to enable our invention to be fully understood, we will describe the same by reference to the accompanying drawings, in

which- Figure 1 is a side View, and Fig. 2 a front view, of our improved cask-stand, showing a cask placed thereon, and Fig. 8 is a plan of the stand; Figs. 4,4, 4, 5,5, 5", 6,6, 7,7, de-

tached views of the several parts forming our improved cask-stand.

Similar letters infiall the figures represent similar parts.

Our improved cask-stand consists of four pieces, m'dclz'cct, a front piece, a backbone, a cradle, and a pawl. The front piece is shown in front elevation, plan, and section at Fig. 4, and consists of a single casting composed of a 0 pair of uprights, a a, connected together by two cross-stays, b b, and having each at its upper end a trunnion, c. The top cross-stay,

b, is cast with a recess, (1, to receive the back bone e, (shown in side elevation and plan'at Fig. 6,) which is bowed and is formed with a series of teeth, f, on its upper edge to receive the pawl g. This backbone e is cast with a shoulder, h, which rests against and behind the top cross-stay, b, and is also provided with a 0 downwardly-projecting finger, a, which is arranged to fit over the top cross-stay, b, and into the recess d, and behind the lower crossstay, I), so that the two partsthat is to say, the front and the back bonewill be thereby se- 5 curely locked together. The cask rests on a rectangular frame or cradle, m, (shown in side View, plan and end View at Fig. 5,) which is cast in one piece, and is provided on each side with a forked bearing, j, to fit over the trunnions c on the uprights a. At the center of 0 therear portion of this frame or cradle is a cylindrical portion, 70, which forms a pivot on which the pawl g, to support the cradle, works, the hole 70 of the pawl being cored out to admit of the pawl being slid sidewise onto the pivot at the rear part of the cradle. The pawl is shown in elevation and plan at Fig. 7. From this construction it will be obvious that by raising the rear of the cradle the cask A may be tilted, and the cradle will be retained in its tilted position by the pawl gfalling into one or other of the teeth f, cast on the backbone.

Fig. 8 is a plan of a slightly modified construction of front piece; and Fig. 9 is a side view of same, showing the front end of the backbone fitted thereto. In this modification the cross-stay b of the front piece is formed with a conical socket, Z, and the downward projection t on the end of the backbone is also formed conical, so as to fit securely in the said socket l.

The great advantage of our improved caskstand is that all the parts can be cast, that they require no fitting, but the castings may in most cases be put together as they leave the foundry.

\Vhen taken to pieces, the parts may be packed in a comparatively small space, which is a great desideratum for warehousing or for shipping purposes.

The improved cask-stand can also be made of small size, adapted to receive a bottle in stead of a cask, and will thus be very convenient for use at table. 8

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is- 1. A cask-stand consisting of the combina- 0 tion of the following-named parts: a trunnioned front upright piece, a bowed and shouldered back piece, serving as the rear upright and fitted to engage with the front upright, and provided with a series of teeth on its up- 5 per rear edge, a cradle or frame having forked hearings to fit over said trnnnions, and a pawl be connected together and to operate substan- I0 011 the cradle or frame adapted to engage with tialiy as set forth. said teeth and permitting the tiltin and retaining it; the desired position of the cradle ggg%g 5 and any cask supported thereon.

2. The cask-stand described, consisting of Witnesses: the front piece, a b c (l b, the backbone-piece J NO. DEAN,

e f h i, the cradle or frame mj 7c, and pawl g, THOMAS LAKE, these parts being constructed and adapted to Both of 17 Gracechurch Street, London. 

